Motion Design

Bachelor of Fine Arts

So, you want to know what Motion Design is?

You see it everyday, but you probably didn’t know it had a name. You see it when you go to the movies, or watch TV, or surf the web, or even go shopping. It is the mysterious title sequence that sets the mood for the latest sci-fi movie. It’s the beautiful animated graphics that introduce the events for the Olympic Games. It’s the cool interface on that website that you use to make your own snowboard designs. It’s the fun, colorful interpretation of music and dance to interest you in the new iPod at the Apple store. Anywhere there is a screen, you’re probably seeing creative work called Motion Design.

It really is an awesome career. You get to work with a variety of creative people, and work on all kinds of interesting projects. It’s pretty hard to get bored because each project requires its own unique creative solutions. The one thing that’s necessary if you want to be a Motion Designer is the desire to constantly push the creative envelope by creating new and innovative visual imagery. You have to really like challenging yourself to experiment and explore new ways of communicating a concept. You’ll assume a variety of roles, from a graphic designer, to a storyboard artist, to an animator, to an editor, to an art director, and have fun doing it all.

There are things you’ll learn in the Motion Design major to help you jump-start your career and to help you reach your full potential. You'll learn the latest technology and software like After Effects and Cinema 4D, but in Motion Design, it’s the creative intent that drives the technical capabilities. You’ll learn how to work collaboratively with other creative people with a variety of different skill sets. And the best thing is that you’ll be working on actual projects from actual clients.

Ringling College of Art and Design today announced that Ringling College of Art & Design students Marisabel Fernandez and Alexander Bernard have won Grand Prize in the 2014 Adobe Design Achievement Awards with their senior thesis film ‘Listen,’ which seeks to interpret life through the eyes of a non-verbal autistic child and her constant struggle to cope with the world around her. They also won top honors in the editing and post production category.